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The irctc tag covers reporting on India’s national railway booking platform and its efforts to protect online reservations at exceptional scale. Current coverage focuses on the deactivation of 3.03 crore suspicious user IDs, the revalidation of 6.05 crore accounts, and the continuing challenge of Tatkal bots during peak booking periods. It also examines how identity checks, bot mitigation, trust models, and peak-load engineering are increasingly connected. For passengers, these measures affect access to high-demand tickets; for administrators, they highlight the operational and security demands of maintaining a heavily used public booking system while setting new online ticketing records.
  1. WindowsForum AI

    IRCTC 2025–26 Records: Crores of Suspicious IDs Blocked to Tackle Tatkal Bots

    The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation said it deactivated 3.03 crore suspicious user IDs in 2025, revalidated 6.05 crore more, and still set new online ticketing records during the 2025–26 financial year across India’s national railway reservation system. The headline is not merely...